31.3.06

This is a title for a piece written by Johann Hari, columnist at The Independant. The piece appeared on March 20th and it is in Le Monde in french Today. Hari was for the invasion because, despite being aware of its initial flaws, he thought that we ought to oust saddam Hussein and liberate the Iraqi people from his tyranny.

And with all that:80% of Iraqis want american and english troops out immediately;72% of american soldiers think their country should leave Iraq this year.

Hari blames Bush's men for the catastrophe.Shouldn't we blame him and blame the ideological people like him who, whenever they think of the middle east, feel that they have a quasi-missionnary obligation to 'liberate', 'educate', 'democratize' and spread the 'good', all in the name of western neocolonialist values ? Because if we 'clean' all the arguments for the invasion from kind western sentiments and values, all is left to judge it is international law. And in regard to international law, this invasion is illegal and it has produced so far deaths, torture and misery, more than what Saddam have ever been able to achieve and inflict on his people.

3 comments:

Apart from the desert, it is more and more like Vietnam. According to the media today 400 American soliders or would be soldiers have fled to Canada, applying for political asylum. It is understandable that sensible young people won't take part in Bush's absurd war.

Lets hope that after the Vietnam debacle and the coming Iraqi debacle, american imperialism will die forever which may lead to a just solution in the middle east. But I am only dreaming ! They will not let go the oil and the will not let down their zionist friends !